Algeria vs Pakistan

Algeria vs Pakistan: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2024: 3.7% a year in Algeria and 2.6% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.41 times that in Pakistan.

Change since 1980, percentage points · IMF

Algeria vs Pakistan: GDP growthGDP growth in 2024: 3.7% a year in Algeria and 2.6% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.41 times that in Pakistan.
AlgeriaPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

Latest figures

% a year · IMF

CountryLatest10 years beforeProjected
Algeria3.7 20244.13 2031
Pakistan2.6 20243.64.5 2031

What the numbers say

  • Algeria has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Pakistan.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Algeria at 3% a year and Pakistan at 4.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAlgeriaPakistan
20243.72.6
20234.1-0.2
20223.66.2
20213.85.8
2020-5-0.9
20190.93.1
20181.46.1
20171.54.6
20163.94.1
20153.23.8
20144.13.6
20132.63.9
20122.43.2
201133.2
20104.82.3
20091.21.1
20082.54.4
20073.15.1
20062.95.7
20055.48
20044.57.7
20036.55.2
20025.42.6
200133.6
20003.83.9
19993.24.2
19985.13.5
19971.11.7
19963.86.6
19953.85.1
1994-0.94.4
1993-2.12.1
19921.67.6
1991-1.25.1
19900.84.6
19894.84.8
1988-1.96.4
1987-0.75.8
1986-0.26.4
19855.68.7
19845.64
19835.46.8
19826.47.6
198136.2
1980-5.46.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearAlgeriaPakistan
20253.93.2
20263.83.6
20273.23.5
20283.14.3
20293.14.5
203034.5
203134.5

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time